Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs – Influencer Strategy

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Create and implement a comprehensive enterprise influencer strategy that aligns with Amgen’s corporate affairs, reputation, and business objectives.

• Identify, evaluate, and foster relationships with influencers, creators, patient advocates, health professionals, and other key external voices.

• Provide counsel to senior stakeholders on influencer prospects, emerging trends, reputational aspects, and suggested actions.

• Collaborate with media relations, social media, digital, advocacy, and product communication teams.

• Develop engagement standards, scalable processes, playbooks, and governance models that promote transparency, priority alignment, disclosure, and compliance.

• Utilize creator discovery, social listening, media intelligence, and analytics tools for sourcing, program development, and reporting.

• Assist in crafting event strategies that involve media and influential external voices.

• Monitor digital culture, emerging platforms, creator trends, and audience behaviors to identify both opportunities and risks.

• Convert campaign performance data into actionable insights and recommendations to enhance future strategies and investments.

• Collaborate with Corporate Affairs, Advocacy, Law, Regulatory, Compliance, and agency partners.

• Report directly to the Executive Director of External Engagement.

• Operate independently and proactively to advance Amgen’s priority narratives and external engagement objectives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Doctorate degree with 2 years of experience in social media, digital communications, marketing, corporate communications, or a related field OR Master’s degree with 4 years of experience in those areas OR Bachelor’s degree with 6 years of experience OR Associate’s degree with 10 years of experience OR High school diploma/GED with 12 years of experience in those fields.

• At least 8 years of experience in developing creator or influencer programs within biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, another highly regulated industry, or a prominent communications agency.

• Proven ability to establish trusted external relationships and manage complex partnerships from strategy to execution.

• Highly self-motivated and proactive, with a demonstrated ability to independently identify opportunities, formulate recommendations, and advance complex workstreams.

• Strong understanding of creator discovery platforms, social analytics tools, media intelligence platforms, and campaign measurement techniques.

• Familiarity with creator contracts, compensation structures, content licensing, usage rights, and disclosure mandates.

• Outstanding writing skills, including the capacity to craft clear, engaging, and precise creative briefs.

• Strong strategic judgment with the ability to balance innovation, opportunity, and reputational risk.

• Proven capability to manage agencies, budgets, and multiple workstreams in a dynamic environment.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.

• Sponsorship for this position is not guaranteed.

🏝️ Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits package for employees, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with substantial company contributions, group medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.

• A discretionary annual bonus program, or a sales-based incentive plan for field sales representatives.

• Stock-based long-term incentives.

• Award-winning time-off policies.

• Flexible work models where feasible.

• Opportunities for career development.

• Support for work/life balance.